Ancient Athens was sacked four times, starting with the Persian invasion in 480 BC and ending with the Visigoth destruction ...

Such was their confidence that Pericles' main problem was preventing the assembly from rushing overconfidently into land battles, when his carefully constructed strategy relied on Athens weakening ...

it is one of the primary sources on which our understanding of ancient Athens is based and provides a unique insight into just how Athenian democracy understood itself. In the speech Pericles ...

The Acropolis is a massive archaeological site brimming with the artistic monuments and wonders of ancient Greece. Here are ...

Pericles praises Athens so that people will keep fighting; he praises the sacrifices of the dead so that others will imitate them. His words are a powerful expression of the duty of every citizen to ...

Athens' Long Walls prompted distrust and eventual war 2,500 years ago. Nato is the most obvious 'Pericles Wall' of our times Much has been said about Thucydides' trap, but few talk about Pericles' ...

Pericles, in an attempt to win the hand of the daughter of King Antiochus, accepts a challenge from the king. He must answer a riddle to win her hand but if he fails, he will be put to death ...

Athens, in Attica (a province of central Greece ... between the Persian wars and the Peloponnesian war, when it was ruled by Pericles.